1. جَحَدتُ الهَوى حَتَّى تَبدَّت شُهودُهُ

    فصَرَّحتُ بالكِتمَانِ والحَقُّ أبلَجُ

    I denied love until its witnesses appeared.

    So I spoke openly of concealment, though the truth is plain.

  2. جُفُونِيَ مِن ذُلِّ الحِجَاب قَريحَةٌ

    فلا دَمعَ إلاَّ وَهوَ بالدَّم يُمزَجُ

    My eyelids are wounded by the humiliation of the veil.

    No tear is shed without being mingled with blood.

  3. جَعلتُ عَلى قَلبي يَدَيَّ تألُّماً

    فلم أرَ إلاّ جَمرَةً تَتَأجَّجُ

    I laid my two hands upon my heart in pain.

    But I saw nothing but an ember blazing.

  4. جُبلتُ على حُبٍّ لمَن أنَا عَبدُهُ

    فَلحظيَ إطرَاقٌ ولَفظِي تَلجَلُجُ

    I was fashioned to love the one whose servant I am.

    So my gaze is lowered, and my speech falters.

  5. جَزاني هَواهُ لَوعَةً وَصبابَةً

    وَإِنِّي إلى غَيرِ الجَزاءَينِ أحوجُ

    Love for him rewarded me with anguish and yearning.

    Yet I have greater need of something other than those two rewards.

  6. جَمَعتُ بكَ الضِّدَّينِ جَمعَ ضَرورَةٍ

    فَجَفنِيَ مَمطورٌ وقَلبي مُنَضَّجُ

    Because of you, I joined the two opposites in a union of necessity.

    So my eyelid is rain-drenched, and my heart is roasted.

  7. جَريتُ مَعَ الأشواقِ مِلءَ عِنانها

    وَقُربُكَ مَطلوِبٌ وحُبُّكَ مُنهِجُ

    I raced with my longings, giving them full rein.

    Your nearness is sought, and your love leaves me breathless.

  8. جِنَانُ التَّجَلِّي للجَنان مُعَدَّةٌ

    ولا جاَ أرقَى في رِضَاهُ وأعرُجُ

    The gardens of unveiling are prepared for the heart.

    [Opening unclear] I rise and ascend in his good pleasure.

  9. جَميعُ المُنَى فِي لَمحةٍ لَوجَنَيتُها

    فمَرآكَ أبهى في العُقولِ وأبهَجُ

    All wishes lie in a glance, could I but reap it.

    For the sight of you is more radiant and more gladdening to the mind.

  10. جَمالُكَ لِي عَيشٌ وصَدُّكَ لي رَدًى

    فأنت الَّذي تُبلِي وأنتَ تُفَرِّجُ

    Your beauty is life to me; your turning away is death to me.

    For you are the one who afflicts, and you bring relief.